Nightcrawler
The Nightcrawler is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest VII. It is an enormous, spike-covered centipede monster with a fearsome visage.
| Dragon Quest monster | |
|---|---|
| Nightcrawler | |
 Art by Akira Toriyama | |
| Japanese | オニムカデ |
| Romaji | Onimukade |
| First appearance | Dragon Quest VII |
| Old localization | CentBeast |
CharacteristicsEdit
Large orange creepy caterpillars that a covered in a thick layer of threatening purple barbs. Despite their frightful face and fangs, they much prefer to fling themselves at foes spike side first, and won't hesitate to flee from battle whenever they encounter a strong foe.
AppearancesEdit
Dragon Quest VII: Fragments of the Forgotten PastEdit
| Nightcrawler (オニムカデ Onimukade) |  |
| Sprite | HP | MP | Attack | Defense |
 |
8 | 0 | 12 | 13 |
| Agility | Experience | Gold | Tame Rate | |
| 4 | 3 (PS1) 5 (3DS) |
3 (PS1) 5 (3DS) |
1⁄16 | |
| Bestiary No. | #003 |
| Spell(s) | None |
| Skill(s) | Flee |
| Location(s) | Ballymolloy (past) Rainbow Mines The Tower (past) Regenstein (past) |
| Item(s) Dropped | Medicinal herb1⁄8 |
| Evasion | Frizz Resistance * | Sizz Resistance * | Fire Breath Resistance * |
| 0⁄64 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Bang Resistance * | Crack Resistance * | Ice Breath Resistance * | Woosh Resistance * |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Strike/Rock Resistance * | Zap Resistance * | Drain Magic Resistance * | Whack Resistance * |
| 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Poof Resistance * | Poison Resistance * | Burning Breath Resistance | Fuddle Resistance * |
| 80% | 0% | 50% | 0% |
| Snooze Resistance * | Dazzle Resistance * | Fizzle Resistance * | Ban Dance Resistance |
| 0% | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| Stun Resistance * | Sap Resistance * | Army Resistance * | |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| 3DS version changes |
| None |
Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca's Marvelous Mysterious KeyEdit
The nightcrawler appears as an E-rank monster of the Nature family exclusive to the smartphone version of the game.
TriviaEdit
- Nightcrawler is a term used mainly in North America for the common earthworm, also known as Lumbricus terrestris, a large species of worm that digs deep burrows in the ground and emerges at night. They are commonly used as fishing lures.
GalleryEdit
Stars model
Rivals card
